Build First PLTN in Indonesia

The long journey to make nuclear as an option to meet the growing energy needs in the
country would seem to be true. This related to the proposed construction of a nuclear power
plant in Indonesia, which is expected to start operating the first time in 2016.

Pros and cons of the use of nuclear power as an alternative electricity supply has been
longstanding. The idea to build a nuclear power plant in Indonesia has been discussed in the
mid-1950s in Bandung and Yogyakarta. Then, Batan (National Atomic Energy Agency) was
formed in 1964. In 1975, Batan and the Department of Public Works and Electricity Power
concluded that nuclear power plants will be developed in Java. Several feasibility studies
have been undertaken after that with the help of Italian, French, Japanese, and so on.

Law on Nuclear Energy was published in 1997 (UU No. 10/1997). This law the following
year gave birth to the separation of work between Batan and Bapeten (Control Nuclear
Energy Agency). While support for nuclear power plant construction given by the Human of
Representatives last period.

Comprehensive Study Assessment of Different Energy Sources for Electricity Generation in

Indonesia (CADES) completed in 2002 by Batan and BPPT (Agency for Technology
Assessment Centre) assisted the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). CADES shows
that Indonesia's energy needs will increase, to about two-fold in 2025 compared to 2000.

Demand for electricity increased more rapidly, to about three-fold by the year 2025 (100
GW) compared to 2000 (29 GW). The electricity demand will be in the Java-Madura-Bali.
Primary energy sources for electricity generation is projected to come from gas (40 percent),
coal (30 per cent) followed by hydropower, geothermal, other renewable energy and nuclear
power. The share of nuclear in electricity generation system in 2025 by about 5 percent.